⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Bulls got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CHI better than we expected
▼ NY better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Bulls.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Bulls won, and why the Knicks did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, eight turnovers to their 25, and outscored them 30-8 off them- Ran them off the floor, 14 fast break points to 2
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Bulls
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 10
Q1 8:33 · CHI 12-2 NY
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 23
Q2 1:04 · CHI 50-27 NY
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 22-point lead to 30
Q3 8:17 · CHI 61-31 NY
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Knicks
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CHI | NY | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 6 | Threes made | 5 |
| 30% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 30 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 2 |
| 30 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 10 | Steals | 4 |
| 4 | Blocks | 2 |
